Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:36:14
Category: / History / North American History
Length: 1 pages (314 words)
Category: / History / North American History
Length: 1 pages (314 words)
Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies
<Tab/>In 1542, Bartoleme de Las Casas wrote Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies. His purpose for writing this was to inform his audience that slavery was wrong. He wrote about his first hand accounts. He wrote of the inhumanity towards innocent people that he himself witnessed.
<Tab/>I think that if I would have seen the same …
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…readers to go against slavery, he tried to persuade them. I do not think that he had any reason to be dishonest I just think he really wanted people to realize how wrong slavery was. This document tells of how uncivilized people used to be but I do not think that any of the issues Bartoleme discussed in Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies are still relevant today.
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